John Ruskin

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John Ruskin
1819-1900
Architectural Detail, Notre Dame, Dijon
Graphite on cream card.
7 1/8 x 9 5/16 inches (179 x 236 mm)
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen.
1974.49:351
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Inscribed in graphite at center, "rt leg left"; at lower center, "Too imperfect-can't [?]/ why there are no vestiges of/ cast shadows from the projecting figures/ Head of central one/ gone, of course"; "Notre Dame, Dijon"; inscribed on verso in pencil, "by John Ruskin"; "No. 19".

Provenance: 
Helen Gill Viljoen.
Associated names: 

Viljoen, Helen Gill, former owner.

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